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PELARGONIUM plectophyllum. 
Plicate-leaved Stork's- MIL 
P .plectophyllum, villoso-pilosum, foliis cordatis 7-9-lo- 
bis inaequaliter grosse dentatis; lobis sublobatis im- 
bricato-plicatis, stipulis Gratis acuminatis ciliatis, 
umbellis multifloris, tubo nectarifero calyce subduplo 
longiore. 
Ali Pacha Geranium. Hortulanorum. 
Stem fruteseent, branching, thickly clothed with vil¬ 
lous hairs, as is every part of the plant except the 
corolla. Leaves cordate, acute, deeply 7 to 9-lobed, and 
toothed with numerous large teeth, rather hollow on the 
upper side, strongly 3-nerved underneath, the nerves 
much branched, very soft to the touch, feeling like 
woollen cloth, owing to the numerous villous hairs with 
which both sides are covered: lobes imbricate, more or 
less plaited and folded over each other, slightly lobed 
again sometimes, the margins more or less curled or un¬ 
dulate. Petioles flattened a little and slightly furrowed 
on the upper side, dilated and thickened a little at the 
base. Stipules large, ovate, tapering to a slender point, 
and fringed. Umbels many-flowered. Peduncles cylindri¬ 
cal, much swollen at the base. Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceo¬ 
late, taper-pointed, fringed bractes. Pedicles about the 
length of, or sometimes rather longer than the bractes. 
Calyx 5-cleft, the segments reflexed, lanceolate, acute, 
kfeeled ; the upper one largest. Nectariferous tube about 
twice the length of the calyx, flattened and furrowed on 
each side, gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the two upper 
ones broadest, obovate, unequal-sided, scarlet, tinged or 
stained with black, and producing numerous black 
branching lines from the base : lower petals of a lighter 
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